You can see Kirk’s black Suburban sitting next to the house as the garage fire raged. This photo was taken just 20 minutes after we left the house.

Although The Struggle Is Real video is really funny –  and I’ve been known to quote it occasionally – for us, there is no irony in the saying these days.  I’m not one to complain, but even the seemingly simple tasks have been downright arduous. When we say we lost everything, we mean it. We ran out of the house in our pajamas and had nothing but the clothes on our backs. We have to replace just about all material things in our lives.

There’s one story in particular that epitomizes how tough things have been. A few days after the fire,  I stopped to get Jimmy John’s sandwiches for lunch. The boy behind the counter told me they were out of bread. Really? The sandwich shop didn’t have bread? Something as simple as picking up lunch couldn’t go my way.

But here’s a story more relevant to our rebuilding: Replacing the car keys for Kirk’s truck has taken almost a week and 5-6 hours of dedicated time. For whatever reason, Kirk parked his truck outside the night of the fire. Surprisingly, even though the truck sat very close to the house, it is in fine shape. But, the keys were in the house, so we needed to replace them.

In order to get new keys, it went like this:

  • I called the car dealer, and am told I need to show proof of ownership of the car – specifically, I need the title.
  • Luckily, the title was in the safe deposit box at the bank; I needed my photo ID to get in there.
  • So I go to the  DMV to get my drivers license replaced. Something goes my way — I just need my social security number and $15  to replace that.
  • With my drivers license in hand, I head to bank and find they don’t have a master key to the safe deposit boxes. (ours was in the house.) I have to make an appointment to have it rekeyed; the locksmith can’t come out for two days.
  • Two days later, I get the car title out of the safe deposit box.
  • I head to the car dealer and get new keys made.
  • Turns out I have to bring car to dealer to get the fob programmed.
  • From there, I need to find a ride out to the house so I can get Kirk’s car and bring it to the dealer for fob programming.
  • One week later, we finally have a key for the car.

I don’t share this story to complain, but to point out that rebuilding takes patience, flexibility and hard work. The entire family is committed and all of them have embraced these three traits – I’m so proud of all of them.

 
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